Modern-day robber barons representing the techno-oligarchy, the rising ruling class, and the left-wing of capitalism. Fuck ’em all. By Therese Poletti Market Watch Mark Zuckerberg has spent much of the past two years facing widespread vitriol about Facebook Inc.’s huge privacy lapses, while Elon Musk has bathed in […]
In service of the therapeutic state and the white coast priesthood. But, Goofy, what about your pathological phobia that “neighborhood nationalists” are going to infringe upon someone’s freedom to do their own thing? It’s possible to recognize that the present situation is a genuine public health crisis and […]
Feminists vs White Privilege theorists in the “Who’s Most Oppressed?” pissing contest? I’ve seen a lot of SJW-types using the “Karen” eponym. Apparently, a pro-Karen faction of SJWs has formed. Or maybe this is all just satire. Who knows with these folks.
They cite an interesting study in this which claims that the Republican “donor class” and the “base” largely align on social and cultural issues, but that the base is to the left of the donor class on economic issues. Meanwhile, the study shows that Democratic elites and the […]
Saagar Enjeti blasts the hypocrisy of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who publicly announced her support for Dr. Ford’s Kavanaugh allegations, said Bill Clinton should have been removed from office for the Lewinsky affair, and was the first Senator to call for the removal of Al Franken.
William “Goofy” Gillis is something of a minor league Alexander Reid-Ross. While Reid-Ross promotes the standard neoliberal Hillary Clinton/Samantha Power/MSNBC/SPLC line on both foreign policy (“The Russians are coming!” and domestic policy (” The deplorables are coming!”), Gillis tends to focus on conspiracies by “micronationalists” and “reactionaries” to […]
As a general principle, I am for an “open-ended” approach to anarchist theory and practice in the sense of letting “a thousand flowers bloom.” I certainly don’t expect all anarchists everywhere to adopt my approach, and there can certainly be separate but parallel tendencies to the ATS perspective […]
Is the throne and altar party sealing its historical fate? It’s like this, GOPunks: Go populist or fade from history. Saagar Enjeti discusses where the GOP is headed as the party’s leadership butts heads over coronavirus spending, and argues that the GOP’s commitment to economic orthodoxy takes precedence […]
Once again, the Democrapic leadership is revealed to be the true “conservative” party in the US. If the Democraps wanted to make it happen, we would already have an emergency UBI and debt cancellation in place right now. It’s not that they can’t do it, they just don’t […]
–Americans are unlikely to tolerate and extended shutdown, meaning small concession from Governors to give the appearance of progress would be hugely beneficial
Yes, very LePenist. Right on target.
Tucker Carlson is a de facto spokesman for the petite bourgeoise and “small capitalist” sectors of the commercial economy, the post-bourgeois proletariat, the “sinking middle,” the dying WASP culture, political traditionalists and constitutional fundamentalists of the kind found on the paleo/populist-right, etc. Many of those interests have been […]
Glad to see some left-wing folks questioning the official ruling class party line.
The tech oligarchy is a principal faction of the rising left-wing of the capitalist class, for whom scientism and the therapeutic state are a core component of their self-legitimating ideology, which is in turn disseminated by the new clerisy whose ranks include the white coat priesthood.
LOL. I’m sure that if Alex Cockburn was alive today he would be denounced as a “fascist.” He was far to un-PC, individualistic, and freethinking to be “woke.”
The future of “progressive politics” is to do what it does now, i.e. serve as the loyal foot soldiers of the left-wing of the capitalist class and the New Clerisy. And the networks air Trump’s pressers because most of the networks are Democratic Party propaganda mills, and they […]
Smooth move, Krystal and Saager. Krystal and Saagar look at footage the Pentagon has released as confirmed, “unidentified aerial phenomena.”
Sexual assault is a real and serious issue, but one thing that’s great about the Tara Reade scandal is that it exposes the faux feminism of “#me too” as the New Clerisy-created scam that it was. Krystal Ball uncovers new Tara Reade evidence from Rich McHugh, who worked […]
Like most cults, the Democratic Party has both an exoteric and esoteric doctrine. “Wokeness” is the exoteric doctrine that is intended for the purpose of manipulating and motivating the rank and file of true believers (the progressive liberal/social democratic/SJW/Antifa/anarcho-progressive axis) while neoliberalism is the esoteric doctrine of the […]
One thing they point out in this segment is that US politics resembles pro-wrestling and the irony of two former WWE guys, Ventura and Trump, running against each other. I’m glad to see the pro-wrestling analogy I’ve used for the US electoral system for years finally making its […]
Ryan Grim gives insight on his bombshell report that includes new footage of Tara Reade’s mother calling into the Larry King Live show in the early 90s to talk about her daughter’s assault by a “prominent Senator.”
Krystal Ball blasts the media and liberal figures for the blatant hypocrisy of Tara Reade, as new reports emerge that back Tara’s credibility.
Thank God I am not a lame-ass “progressive” who thinks the way you do politics is beg cretins like Clinton or Biden for more crumbs. If these “progressives” put as much effort into building an actual revolutionary movement as they do into this electoralist hand-wringing, they might have […]
Because the media is a core element of the New Clerisy, which is aligned with the left-wing of the ruling class, for which the Democratic Party is a political arm.
My take on the current crisis is that freedom, health, and economic needs are all important values, and it’s necessary to make reasonable tradeoffs and balances between each of these. I predictably think that a localized approach is the best approach because it’s obviously true that different places […]
Tom Woods takes on the white coat priesthood. Excellent. Listen here. In this episode I cover a lot of ground, albeit a bit haphazardly: the unintended consequences of “lockdown,” the superstitious reverence for “scientists” (who, contrary to popular belief, are not in fact qualified to answer all questions), […]
Tom Woods and Dan McCarthy discuss Dementia Man. Listen here. In the midst of the pandemic Joe Biden has become invisible, even more of a nonentity than usual. Dan McCarthy has an intriguing take on what the mediocre, uninspiring Biden truly represents. Article Discussed “Joe Biden Is The […]
Check out Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5. By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley You motherfucker! You goddamn, cocksucking, clitlicking, shiteating, dickless, cuntless, gutless, motherfucking piece of fucking shit!! Ahem, sorry about that, dearest motherfuckers, but apparently on day […]
So Trump presents the state in a realistic and accurate manner, minus all of the usual do-gooder pageantry.
The Tech Oligarchy works to block any opposition to the Bidenists. The Greens are milquetoast reformists overrun by SJWs, and not my cup of tea at all, but it’s funny how the Tech Oligarchy wants to makes sure things are rigged on behalf of Dementia Man.
By Vince Rinehart I am inherently distrustful of the government, but that doesn’t mean that global pandemics do not exist. My understanding is that we do not know enough about the Coronavirus, so we should be taking precautions. Early studies suggest that it as at least twice as […]
The Republicans have two very serious strategic problems: First, their only reliable constituency (middle-aged to elderly white folks in the South, Midwest, rural areas, and small towns) is shrinking in size. Second, this constituency is sinking fast economically (which will be dramatically accelerated by the current crisis). Hence, […]
Milquetoast social democrat David Pakman embraces the “vote blue, no matter who” line. Lifelong New York liberal Donald Trump is not a fascist or a Nazi. He is, at most, a Blue Dog Democrat or Rudy Guiliani-like “liberal” Republican, which is bad enough without any need for wild […]
Democrats: “Let them eat cake!” Republicans: “Let them inject disinfectant!”
A good critique of Biden from the actual hard left. By April Holcombe Red Flag The only thing Joe Biden and Donald Trump should be battling over is the top bunk of a prison cell. Instead, these two crooks are vying for the presidency of the United States. […]
This “open letter” is a farce and a joke. Former luminaries of the New Left from the 1960s (including some ex-Weathermen and SDSers, along with a lot of other names that I recognize and have heard of for decades) make a Chomskyian plea on behalf of Biden. Notice […]
This is one of the very best commentaries Krystal has ever done. Krystal Ball responds to critics who accused her of treating racism like, “some type of minor policy difference that can just be hand waved away,” for calling Tucker Carlson, an “independent thinker,” for being willing to […]
Todd Lewis and Nexus discuss issues that pertain to dissident intellectuals with a decentralized bent.
Krystal and Saagar discuss a New York Times story, that says black leaders close to Biden have publicly and privately pushed him to select a black woman to fuel black voter excitement.
Latinos are going to be the “new white ethnics,” i.e. minorities that move from left to right as they become more integrated into US society, like the Germans, Irish, Italians, Poles, Czechs, etc. before them. Krystal and Saagar discuss a number of polls including an Economist YouGov poll […]
Many of those who are engaged in civil disobedience regarding the shelter-in-place orders are misguided in a lot of their thinking, but they are still a necessary counterpart to the state. The state must be challenged in all circumstances. It is for this same reason that oppositional subcultures […]
I generally think Greg Gutfield is a moron who is mostly just about regurgitating the standard FOX News hand-wringing about “socialism,” as if there were an actual socialist movement of any significance in the US (and, no, recycled New Dealer Bernie Sanders and McGoverite liberal AOC are not […]
Will the US be a one-party state in the future? In the past, I have thought that as the Republicans’ demographic base continues to shrink they would likely reinvent themselves as a pretend populist-nationalist part (which has since happened with Trump) and that some on the right would […]
Direct action. By Leah Asmelash, CNN Officials in one California city thought they had what it would take to keep people away from a local skate park: 37 tons of sand. They were wrong. READ MORE
What will be interesting is if the restrictions are lifted and everyone continues to practice them anyway. I guess that would demonstrate the viability of the anarchist principles of direct action and voluntary cooperation. Consumer confidence is going to be close to zero when the economy finally reopens. […]
Are the anti-lockdown protests Republican astroturf, or a genuinely popular rebellion that the Republicans are trying to coopt? By Michael Martina, Jarrett Renshaw and Tim Reid Reuters HARRISBURG, Pa./DETROIT (Reuters) – Republican politicians and individuals affiliated with President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign are organizing or promoting anti-lockdown protests […]
CBS News An Idaho woman was arrested Tuesday after police say she was violating city orders by trespassing on a city playground that was closed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. CBS affiliate KBOI-TV reports that 40-year-old Sara Brady, of Meridian, was arrested and charged with one […]
The Young Turk’s Cenk Uygur discusses how 90% of the coronavirus bill went to big businesses, and says that Democrats gaslit progressives on provisions to the stimulus bill to keep progressives, like AOC, from blocking votes.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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